tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post4596265700536158170..comments2023-05-24T10:24:38.673+01:00Comments on Greater Manchester Skeptics: Ramblings on Patriotism (1)GMSkepticshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087313193875264307noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-10603836381229606332010-06-06T18:16:16.399+01:002010-06-06T18:16:16.399+01:00Things I like about this country.
Positive contri...Things I like about this country.<br /><br />Positive contributions to the world including sports, some truly influential people, the countryside, the people, the traditional pub, our appreciation of conserving ancient monuments, the language and literature.<br /><br />Things I dislike.<br /><br />Our bloody history and sense of superiority from it, the debts, our more right winged attitudes in Largentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673930718727703889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-40137115984691682702010-06-04T22:44:02.535+01:002010-06-04T22:44:02.535+01:00One for you Gav:
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/...One for you Gav:<br /><br />http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/05/24/stupid-drivers-forced-to-display-white-flags-with-red-cross/A-Astrologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356830004231632087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-31394782601973668002010-06-02T13:51:53.488+01:002010-06-02T13:51:53.488+01:00Yes, we gave the world some crap. But we also gave...Yes, we gave the world some crap. But we also gave it some wonderful contributions. We also have a wonderfully diverse landscape. Socially I think some people are not too forthcoming in their appreciation of English culture and symbols because of connotations with the far right. Royal deaths and football tournaments seem to be something of a pressure valve for pent up patriotism. It also Trystan Swalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174877088866612871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-8834587424865046772010-06-02T13:20:51.163+01:002010-06-02T13:20:51.163+01:00I completely agree Gavin. I certainly wouldn't...I completely agree Gavin. I certainly wouldn't describe myself of "proud" of my Englishness, for I cannot be proud of something I did not accomplish myself. <br /><br />It's just pure tribalism, which may have served our evolutionary past, but is no longer relevant. Most if not all of us understand this primitive emotion, but many of us have moved past it or dismissed it on A-Astrologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356830004231632087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-70625018935750202452010-06-01T10:41:21.136+01:002010-06-01T10:41:21.136+01:00I can understand why someone would be proud to sha...I can understand why someone would be proud to share a nationality with all the great historical figures you listed, provided they hadn't ever accomplished anything themselves they could be more reasonably proud of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-16694589750381220182010-06-01T09:24:14.061+01:002010-06-01T09:24:14.061+01:00I have never understood patriotism. Being “Welsh ...I have never understood patriotism. Being “Welsh and proud of it”, as one of my good Welsh friends refers to himself, has always sounded pompous to me. It’s a country, and not one you created. I understand being proud of something you’ve achieved or made, but to be proud of something that would exist with or without your influence seems to be jumping on the bandwagon.<br /><br />You claim to InvisiManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833074332440956883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-62539018883898151432010-06-01T03:10:06.657+01:002010-06-01T03:10:06.657+01:00Tectonic*
I spend to much of my life going on abo...Tectonic*<br /><br />I spend to much of my life going on about technology :$Woolly Sammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565841280786210276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-27629241155345523682010-06-01T03:08:25.065+01:002010-06-01T03:08:25.065+01:00I never did get patriotism, or nationalism as patr...I never did get patriotism, or nationalism as patriots don't like me calling it<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, i like england.<br />It has nice weather (if like me you don't mind the rain and the cold), pretty hills. It has no tigers, or scorpions or giant, pre-neolithic bears to trouble what would otherwise be a pleasant, morning stroll.<br />Rum is legal!<br />I've never been Woolly Sammothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12565841280786210276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-56584150509565482552010-05-31T22:52:42.577+01:002010-05-31T22:52:42.577+01:00"Patriotism is your conviction that this coun..."Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it." Bernard Shawbegemothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931414265553555753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018149934901271575.post-22950570497022553012010-05-31T22:46:39.238+01:002010-05-31T22:46:39.238+01:00Would it not be easier for just people not support...Would it not be easier for just people not supporting England to have a flag? It would save on carrier bags and red paint.<br />In my humble opinion I think that anything that creates a sense of unity is a good thing.<br />I wonder what the stats for violence are like in places when the majority of people in pubs watching sport are supporting the same team?Mr Mykiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564148971494728945noreply@blogger.com